Chris Bors and Ketta
Ioannidou, Cuz Opposites Attract, 2009,
oil and acrylic on canvas, diptych, 43” x 68”
The Educational Alliance Art Gallery will open their show, The Better Half: Artist Couples on Display this evening at 6pm. The show represents...
We've been following the campaign by a newly formed community group to give one of Manhattan's most blighted public spaces, Luther Gulick Park, a face lift. Sunday afternoon, they're hoping to draw a broad cross-section of the neighborhood to...
Stanton Street Sundays continues this holiday weekend - a number of stores are offering special deals and street demos. Here's the information we received from the LES Business Improvement Distict:1:30 PM
Get grilling tips from Jeffrey Ruhalter, of Jeffrey's Meats....
Rooftop Films is back on the LES tonight at the Open Road Rooftop at New Design High School (see our video about New Design Students here). Tonight's films are a series of national and international short films in a...
A basketball tournament held on Henry Street yesterday wasn't just about the game. It was also meant to keep the pressure on Basketball City, a for-profit gym that has been awarded a long-term lease at Pier 36. Two groups,...
As a part of
the Summer Streets Program hosted by the Lower East Side's Business Improvement District, Stanton Street will be closed off to cars between Allen Street and
Ludlow Street to host a series of activities for the community....
A few weeks ago we reported on the negotiations taking place between community organizations and "Basketball City." Tomorrow, those organizations are planning a free basketball tournament, followed by a march to Pier 36, where the company will soon open...
Downtown District Leader Adam Silvera sent us the following advisory:Bring your own signs--see you rain or shineKick off rally with Council Member Rosie Mendezand feeder walk from Lower East SideMeet at noon at Tompkins Square Park (Avenue A &...
This past weekend we checked in on the "open mic & local talent" day, sponsored by GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side) at the Generation X Garden on East 4th Street. It was part of SummerFest, a series GOLES...
Thirty-eight years ago, Verona Middleton-Jeter came to the Henry Street Settlement as a live-in social worker. Today she is executive director, managing a $37 million budget and overseeing a vast array of programs for 60-thousand New Yorkers. Middleton-Jeter,...
